Button loop



Dec. 15, 1931.. J, H, DOMKEE I 1,836,45/4

BUTTON LOOP Filed Dec. 6, 1930 Jun-4M l-LDUMKE ATTy fco

Ptented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED sTATl-:s

CONNEOTIGU T JOHN H. DoMxEE, or' WESTHAVEN, colxmncrrc'or, AssIc-Non To 'run wine ,ovEL'rY MANUFAGTUBING COMPANY, or WEST HAVEN, .ooivivn'orlouanooronATIoN ror I i BUT'roN. Loor'l Application fiiea December 8, \l1e8o.`. serria1 No; 500,4fi7j i This invention relates to an improved Wirel I button loop lfor use in connection With garments such as overalls and the like, the loop preferably being adapted for Suspension from a looped strap and clipped over a button rovided by the garment thus supported by t ie strap. In such type of button loops it is 'desirable that one size of button loop be adapted for use in connectionl With buttons having shanks of various diani-eters and, for

that reason, button loops are made With a normally contracted portion which is laterally expansible to permit a shank to pass through the contracted portion from one to the other of axially associated loops. To permit such expansion the Wire ends of the button loop are usually secured, one to the other, by means of a second member made in the form of an enclosing clip permitting` a relative longitu'dinal movement of the Wire ends within the enclosing'clip. The novelty of this invention however l'esides in such construction of this type of expansible 'button' Vloop as can be made from one piece of Wire of which one end is so fiattened and formed as to provide an integral enclo'sing 'portion for the reception of the other Wire end rela- `which the other Wire end is longitudinally movable; and to provide a one-piece Wire device including a contracted portion capable.

of expanding upon the relative longitudinal movement of the Wire ends of vwhich one is flattened and formed to receive and substantially conceal the other.

The Character of the invention may be best understood by reference to one illustrative device illustrated by the accompanying .drawings of which the Figure 1 is an upright elevai a tion of the device in a normal condition; the

` Fignre 2 is a side elevation thereof; the

Figure 3 is an upright elevation of the device inian expande'd condition; the Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of a detail upon the line ll- 4,7 of the next previous figure; and

the Figure 5 is an upright' elevation of'the device `-ini 'a' .distorted condition to illustrate parts in perspective;

The device is preferably'made of wire but may be made` of other forms of metal. As'

illustrated however the'one piece of Wire is o bent in its middle portion vto Aprovide-the suspension` loopl 1 having the horizontal bar 2 around lwhich a strap. may beloopedi` The remaining p'ortions of the wire areothen. cooperatingly bent to provide the spring side arms 3 and 4 having the normally contracted portion providing aVrestricted communication' between the axially associated loops 6 and 7 adapted for receivingand retaining, respectively, awbutton first inserted'within the loop extremity 9- is `provided With enlargement 12 adapted, When thevextremity 9 is placed within the'enclosing portion 10, to lie'and move Within the open part of the U-shaped enclosing portion 10. After the extremity 9' is placed Within the enclosing portion 10 the extensions 11 are bent around the extremity 9 to provide a support therefor and alsoito provide a stop for: engagement by the enlargement 12 upon the full expansion of the button loop.

In use the button loop is olipped over a i 6. 'The Wire extremities 8 andQ9v are'then bent inwardly toWard one another' i end of the enclosing portion 10. The other button which is thereby plunged into the receiving loop 6. As the button loop is pulledj upwardly the shank S of the button is urged against the contracted portion 5 of the -button loop, as illustrated in dotted line by the Figure 1, Whereupon the vside spring arms 3 and 4 are made to yield laterally outward, as illustratedby the Figure 3. As the shank S is urged through the contracted portion 5 the extremity 9 longitudinally moves Within ioo the enclosing portion 10, such relativej moveo ment being limited only by the engagement of the enlargern'ent 12 with the bent extensions 11, the resiliency of the spring side arms .3 and 4 being relied upon to return the expandedbutton-=l00p to'its normally'contracted condition-andthereby retainingthe'shank S,' as illustrated in full line by the Figure 1, within the loop 7.

'1. A one-'piece button loop co'mprising an expansble Wire-loop structure of which one extrernity is fiattened and formed to provide an enclosing portion -of U-shape in cross-V 15 section and Within which the other Wire eX- trie'mity provided With an' enlargement `may be'encloed andlongitudinallyJmovabl'e upon the expansion and contraction oftheistructure, the izou-ter `'end 'of the fenclos'ecl 'por't'i'on 'o being provided ;With bentextensions to Support thefenclosed wire'extremity'and for engagenient'by:said'enlargement i 2. 'one-:piece button loop o Comp'rising an enpansible Wire-loop structure' of which =one '1225 extremity'is flattened and l'formed topr`ovide anenclosingportion of'U-sha'pe in cross-section havinga?longitndinally'extendingopeningfand 'within 'Wihichzportion-theV other :Wire extremitymaybe enclosed and p'longiltudinally 13'0 Inovable '.upon=theex-pansion and contra'ction of "thefstructure, the "oute'r 'end of lthe enclosingporition being providedvv'ith bent` extensions :adaptedvtofsupport the enel'osed -wire eXt-remity1 and fto serve zas' a-stop` for` engagem'ent by:anfenlargementprovided by the enelose'tl'extremity -for 'travel l`'within the `longitudin al opening lof: the'e'ndosing portion.

VA pne-piece 'Wire-loop 'structure -comprising a formedsingle piece 'of Wire having 4d throughoutl'its v:length a cross-*seetionI-of uniform` diameter, onel extremityof' the 'piece of Wire *being :provided *with an enlargemet, andwthe 1'other extremity of vthe piece-of Wire i being v'fla-ttened 'and *the Vflatte'ned rportion forinetl -to provide an -enc1osing ;portion adapted lto receive the 'en'l'arged extrcmity, the* outerV end of the' enclosingportion having ben't eXtensions ad'apted to support 'the enclosed WireeXtremity'andtoerve as astop for' engagem'ent byV the *enlargement upon' the full'e'xpansion'ofthe Wire loop.

JOHN H. YDOMKEE. 

